Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Echinacea blooms covered in ice during last week's freezing drizzle. We are very laid back gardeners (lazy?). Dead-heading we never do, and seldom get around to cleaning up a bed after the season is over. Dried seeds feed the birds. They also usually reseed and/or spread the flowering plants.

Sunday, January 12, 2014

During the extremely cold temperatures earlier this month (down into the low single digits here), the little waterfall behind our house did a lot of freezing.

Inside the overhang looking out.

The waterfall is on a little winter (i.e. drainage) creek. While it is in our more or less in our "backyard", our house is one the same level as the top of the falls. One must still climb down into a ravine to get a good look at the falls.

Sunday, January 05, 2014

My first wildflower of 2014. Yeah, I'm easy. I'll take any bit of color I can get during the middle of winter, even a "lowly" dandelion. This one was blooming in Gilbert, AR. Jo and I found it while taking our New Year's Day hike along the Buffalo National River.